Toy.



JFH. BOLTON.

. TOY. I

- APPLICATION FILED FEB. 20, 1912.

- 1,041,532, I I Patented och-15,1912.

Y WITNESS lS VIA/VENTOR UNITED STATES rgnn'r ornron.

JOHN H. BOLTON, OF ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI.

TOY.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed February 20, 1912. Serial No. 678,837.

To all whom it may concern: I

Be it known that I, JOHN H. BOLTON, a

citizen of the United, States of America, re-

siding at St. Louis, in the State of Missouri,

have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Toys, of which thefollowing 1s a'specification, reference being had therein to theaccompanying drawing.

This invention relates to toys.and the principal object of the same isto providea toy iii-which a. figure is suspended above'aresilient stripso that when the strip is vi.- brated the strip .will strike the figureand cause it to go -through the operation of dancing a jig.

It will, of course, be understood that the invention is susceptible tominor changes in details of construction such as come within the scopeof the appended claims one preferred and practical embodiment of theinvention being shown in the accompanying drawings wherein there isdisclosed a pers'pective view of the toy forming the subject matter ofthis invention.

This invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, wherein'Figure 1 is a perspective view showing one form'of this invention. Fig.2 is a per spective view of another form ofthe invention.

Referring to the accompanying drawing by numerals, it will be seen thatthe toy comprises a tapered block 1 which has a resilient strip 2secured adjacent its thicker end by means of screws 3 or by any. otherdesired means, and which extends longitudinally of the block 1 andextends past the narrower end of the block and is positioned in spacedrelation thereto. Standards 4 and- 5 are mounted in the upper face oftheblock 1 adjacent its inner end and each is provided'with an eye toform journals for an operation means;

The operating means comprises a length of metal which is bent at rightangles inter mediate its length to form the end bearing ,6 and is thenbent back upon itself and carried beyond the bearing 6 and then backagain upon itself to a point in allnement with the bearing 6 to form thesubstantial U- shape. contact members 7 and 8. The strip of metal isthen carried in alinement wlth the bearing 6 to form a second bearing 9which extends beyond the block for a short distance. The metal is thenbent to form an operating handle 10 so that the operating allel to eachother.

connects t device may be rotated in the eyes of the standards 4 and 5and cause the contacting members 7 11p;iosuccessively'engage the :tr1p"2and cause it to have a vertical vibra- A thin strip of resilient metalis secured to the bottom of the block and carried above the upper edge,and is then -cur yed over the block as indicated by the numeral 11 andhas strip 2 and Patented Oct. 15, 1912. y

.its remaining portion extending over the bowed toward the'strip 2 asindicated by the numeral 12 with its free end arallel positioned aboveand substantially ee end to the free end of the strip 2. The

of the metallic str p is provided with a longitudinal extending slit andthe tongues 13 and 14 formed thereby are twisted so that they W111 bepositioned at right angles to the ma or portion of-thestrip and will beparotally mounted arms 16 and legs 17 is positioned between the tongues13 and 14 and securedin place by means of the rivets 18;

through the operation of dancing a jig.

' -In Fig. 2 there has been .shown another form of the invention inwhich the base board 19 is of the same diameter through-.

out, its length and'is provided at each end .with -a strip 20 which isformed of felt or;

A figure 15 having pivany other material desired, the strips beingprovided to prevent the device creating too much of a racket when inuse. A strip is secured to the rear end of the base board and has. itscentral portion bent to form a pocket 21 in which a wire '22 may beremovably secured by having its bent end 23 inserted in the pocket 21. twill, of course, be obvious that the .wire is resilient so that the bentend 23 will have a binding engagement with the strip so that it will befirmly but removably secured in the pocket. The

figure 24 is provided with pivoted arms 25 [I l and legs 26 and isremovably connected with the wire 22. Pins 27 and 28 are secured to thebody portion of the figure and a bar 29 e pins 27 and 28. The end of thewire 22 passes over the pin 28 through the space between the bar 29 andthe body portion of the figure and under the pin 27. It should be notedthat the bar 29 fits close to the figure so that the end of the wire,which is bent as shown in Fig. 2,'will fit snugly in place, and betightly clamped so that the body portion of the figure cannot move whilethe figure is being operated. A platform 30is provided with cut-outportions 31 at a point to the rear of its center point and pivot pins 32are secured in the cut-out portions 31. The pivot pins pass through theeyes 33 so that the platform will be pivotally mounted. The platform ispivotally mounted to the rear of its center so that it will normally tipforwardly, thus causing the board to return to a tipped position whenpressure is removed from the rear portion.

In operating the device shown in Fig. 2,

the parts are assembledas shown and the resilient wire 22 bent so thatthe feet of the figure will just escape the forward end portion of theplatform when the platform is in a normal position. The fingers areplaced upon the rear portion of the platform and by keeping'time to anytune desired, the forward end of the platform will be moved up and downin time to the music and the figure caused to go through the operationof dancing a jig by the' forward end -of the platform striking the feetas it is moved upwardly. It will be seen that in the form shown in'Fig.2, the figure may be caused not only to dance a jig,but to keep time toany tune desired. It will also be noted that the figure'supporting wiremay be disconnected so thattheparts of the device may be 'packed in asmall package.

1 Having thus described my invention What I claim is 1. A toy ofthecharacter described comprisin a base board, a socket secured to oneend of said base board, pivot eyes carried by said base board adjacentone end, a vibrating board provided .With cut out portions adjacent oneend, pins passing through the pivot eyes and-into the out out portionsof the vibrating board to pivotally connect the vibrating board with thebase board, a jointed figure, pins carried by said figure, a

bar connecting 'said pins, and a resilient strip lnserted in said socketand curved over said vibrating board and having its free end bent at anangle and carried over one of said pins between said bar and figure andbeneath the remaining pinto removably securesaid figureto said resilientstrip.

2; A device of the character described comprising a base board, avibrating board carried by said baseboard, a resilient supporting stripcarried by said base board and overhanging said vibrating board, afigure, pins carried by said figure, and a bar connecting said pins, theend of said strip being passed over one of said pins, between saidfigure and bar and under the remaining-one of said pins to connect saidfigure with said supporting strip.

In testimony whereof I hereunto afiix my signature in presence of twowitnesses,

JOHN H. BOLTON.

Witnesses:

ESTHER HUEGERISH Jorm A. PAULIS.

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